Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
General ticker "CTSH" information:
- Sector: Information Technology
- Industry: Information Technology Services
- Capitalization: $37.5B (TTM average)
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation follows the US Stock Market performance with the rate: 25.9%.
Estimated limits based on current volatility of 1.7%: low 60.00$, high 62.11$
Factors to consider:
- Company included in S&P500 list
- Company included in NASDAQ-100 index
- Company pays dividends (quarterly): last record date 2026-02-18, amount 0.33$ (Y2.16%)
- Total employees count: 336800 as of 2024
- North America accounted for 74.5% of revenue in the fiscal year ended 2024-12-31
- Top business risk factors: Geopolitical risks, Pandemic risks, Climate change and natural disasters, Integration challenges, Pricing pressures
- Current price 13.5% below estimated low
- Earnings for 12 months up through Q4 are close to our estimates
Stock Forecast*
* forecast is subjective and experimental, should not be used for any investment decisions
Long term estimates were made for the period from 2024-12-31 to 2026-12-31
- 2024-12-31 to 2025-12-31 estimated range: [67.74$, 90.87$]
- 2025-12-31 to 2026-12-31 estimated range: [70.56$, 94.54$]
Financial Metrics affecting the CTSH estimates:
- Negative: with PPE of 16.6 at the end of fiscal year the price was high
- Positive: 7.67 < Operating profit margin, % of 14.65
- Positive: Industry inventory ratio change (median), % of 0.22 <= 0.31
- Positive: Interest expense per share per price, % of 0.14 <= 0.73
- Positive: Return on assets ratio (scaled to [-100,100]) of 10.03 > 6.11
- Positive: Shareholder equity ratio, % of 72.16 > 64.29
- Negative: Investing cash flow per share per price, % of -4.20 <= -0.63
- Positive: -9.07 < Industry operating profit margin (median), % of 0.31
- Positive: -0.01 < Industry operating cash flow per share per price (median), % of 3.26
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Financial data
| YTD | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating Revenue | $19,428.00MM | $19,353.00MM | $19,736.00MM |
| Operating Expenses | $16,460.00MM | $16,664.00MM | $16,844.00MM |
| Operating Income | $2,968.00MM | $2,689.00MM | $2,892.00MM |
| Non-Operating Income | $48.00MM | $98.00MM | $46.00MM |
| Interest Expense | $19.00MM | $41.00MM | $54.00MM |
| Income(Loss) | $3,016.00MM | $2,787.00MM | $2,938.00MM |
| Taxes | $730.00MM | $668.00MM | $713.00MM |
| Other Income(Loss) | $4.00MM | $7.00MM | $15.00MM |
| Profit(Loss)* | $2,290.00MM | $2,126.00MM | $2,240.00MM |
| Stockholders Equity | $12,309.00MM | $13,227.00MM | $14,408.00MM |
| Assets | $17,852.00MM | $18,483.00MM | $19,966.00MM |
| Operating Cash Flow | $2,568.00MM | $2,330.00MM | $2,124.00MM |
| Capital expenditure | $332.00MM | $317.00MM | $297.00MM |
| Investing Cash Flow | $-106.00MM | $-331.00MM | $-1,646.00MM |
| Financing Cash Flow | $-1,939.00MM | $-1,609.00MM | $-915.00MM |
| Earnings Per Share** | $4.42 | $4.21 | $4.52 |
* Profit(Loss) attributable to entity.
** EPS are Split Adjusted, recent splits may be reflected with a delay.